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initial of Chaucer holding an open book, at the beginning of the prologue to the Canterbury Tales. I full border in colours and gold with foliate decoration (f. 2). 26 three-sided borders in colours and gold (ff. 12, 39v, 48v,
Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)
Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)
Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)
Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)
London 95 images. Date(s) Author(s) [Geoffroy Chaucer] Collection(s) Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 25,718 Source Library British Library, London Description THE Canterbury Tales of Geoffroy Chaucer. Imperfect; containing portions only of
two leaves (153 lines) at the beginning, and two more (Il. 234-396) after f. 1: see Skeate's Complets Works of Chaucer, Oxford, 1894, vol. iv. pp. 5, 8, 12; (2) (2)"the knightes tale." f. 7 b. Wanting eight leaves after